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A. WABSHAUER.

SHIRTl APPLlcAIloN FILED SLPLZI. 191s.

Patented Aug,

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'ALEXANDER WABSHAUEB, 0F CAMBRIDGE, MASSAHUBETTS.

SHIRT.

Bpeoication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application med September 27. 1918. Serial No. 255.899.

-vented new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is embodied in a shirt having a permanent, turn-down-collar, a front collarbutton adapted to confine the ends of the permanent collar, said button being ex sed for engagement with the end button-ho es of a detachable collar, and a tab adapted to support a rear collar-button in position to ge the rear button-hole of a detachable permanent collar when not required for use. The object of the invention is to enable a shirt to be worn with a. neglige effect without a detachable collar, and to be suprlamented by a detachable collar when a more formal effect is desired.

Of the accompanying drawings, part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shirt embodying the invention, without a detachforming able collar.

Fi 2 is a similar view, showing a def tacha le collar applied to the shirt.

Fig. 3 is a fr entary front view of the shirt without a etachable collar.

Fi d is a fra entai7 rear view, showing e shirt wit out a etachable collar a Egrtion of the yback of the permanent col ar ing broken away to show the tab, as interposed between the neck-band and flap of the ermanent collar. a

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary rear views of the permanent collar portion of the shirt, showin different adjustments of the tab.

Fig is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

A shirt embodying) the invention includes a neck-band 1 2, suita of the shirt, a a 13 stitched to the upper edge of the neckand, said flap and neckband constituting a permanent turn-down A e turned ly attached to the body collar, the dim'ensions of the flap being such that it is adapted t'o be concealed, b a detachable collar 14 applied as hereinat-- ter described.

The ends of the neck-band meet and overlap at the front of the shirt, one of said ends being provided with a button-hole 15, adapted to engage a front collar-button 16 connecting the neck-band ends. Said collar-button may be permanently attached to one end of the neck-band, or may be detachably engaged with a button-hole 17 (Fig. 4) coinciding with the button-hole 15. The ends of the flap 13 are fashioned to expose the button 16.

18 represents a tab attached to the lower ede of the neck-band, at the back thereof an provided with a button-hole 19, adapted to engage a rear collar-button 20, although, if desired, the button 2O may be permanently attached to the tab. When the use of the tab is not required, it may be inserted, as shown by Fig. and the flap 13, the tab being thus concealed when the, shirt is worn without a detachable collar.

It will now be seen that a neglige shirt having a turn-down collar is provided, and that said collar may be concealed by a detachable collar 14, the end button-holes of which are enga d with the front button 16, while the rear utton-hole is engaged with the rear collar-button 20, the rear tab 18 being withdrawn from within the attached collar and located outside the flap 13, as shown by Fig. 8.

I claim:

A shirt comprising a neck-band the ends of which meet and overlap at the front of the shirt, one of said ends having a button hole adapted to engage a 'front collar-button on the other end, a. iiexible flap permanently attached at one edge only to the uper edge of the neck-band and adapted to down over the outer side of the neck-band, said flap and neck-band constituting an attached turn-down collar formed to permit the engagement of the front collar-button with the ends of a detachable collar, and a tab attached to the lower 7, between the neck-band- Q K masse held a rear eollarutton in position to engage the rear button-hole of a detachable collar, the tab and a button held thereby being located wholly outside the flap. 10

'In testimony whereof I have affixed my s1gnature.

ALEXANDER WARSHAUER. 

